A Big Blunder.

(02/11/08, at 6pm, in the room)

• I made a big blunder on Thursday 30th; I had been terribly tired from exercising too much since the previous day. So my brain didn't work well in the morning that day. I was feeling very sleepy while I was on the bus to the college. I think I fell into a lapse of attention. When I got off the bus, I found that I didn't have my passport in my pocket! So I immediately went back to the bus, which had still stopped there because it was the one which terminates there, and ask the driver to let me in again. When I said to him, "I'm sorry, but I think I left my passport inside", he opened the doors with readiness. Then, I ran up the stairs to look around the front row seat, which I usually take. But I couldn't find it, so I gave up and exit the bus with the hope that I left it in my room that day. When I went to the toilet in the library after that, I remembered that I had had a seat in the middle row that morning. But when I recalled it, it was too late. Still I couldn't give up the hope, I returned to the bus stop again, and took another bus to the dormitory. Eventually, however, I couldn't find it on the desk in my room. So I got upset for a while about the fact that I absolutely lost my passport. I searched for any information on the Internet about what I should do in such a case. I collected it as much as I could, so it took a few hours to know exactly what I must do. At 12:30pm, I was supposed to attend the welcome lunch for the international students of the course, but when I remembered it to look at my watch, it showed it was 2pm. So I missed another chance to get to know other classmates though I had made a positive reply to the invitation. In spite of that shocking happening, I prepared anyway for the seminar of the day and attended it in the evening. After the seminar, the library induction was held, where I could learn how to make the most use of the library catalogue with the terminals.
• On Friday morning, I went on foot to the Paddington Green Police Station, which is, I had learned before that, the nearest police station from my accommodation. At the station, it didn't take longer than I expected to report that I had lost my passport. I had only to say a few words at the reception. The officer wrote some documents, which I should bring to the Japanese embassy with my family register. As for the latter, I had called my father to ask him to get and send it to me before going there. He told me that it would take several days for the municipal government to issue it. So I knew that I had to wait for it patiently. Leaving the police station, I headed to the Oxford Street to buy some sweaters. I had brought 2 black ones from Japan, but they were not enough. So at first I looked around several shops. But at last I found and went into the UniQlo and get two sweaters. When I got home, I prepared for the following day's class in the evening, and went to bed.
• It was raining all day long on Saturday November 1st. I attended the language class in the morning, and took a nap in the afternoon. For my dinner that day, I went to buy the Doner Kebab, which I had already eaten a few times before and I liked very much. The picture I added on left shows the small size of the Doner Kebab which I bought that day, and the one on the right side is its full large set with chips & drink, which I had bought several weeks before. I attached to this entry the general information of Doner Kebab on Wikipedia. That's all for these three days.
• Döner kebab (Turkish döner kebap, literally "turning roast"), is a Turkish national dish made of meat cooked on a vertical spit and sliced off to order. The meat may be lamb, mutton, beef, goat, or chicken. Alternative names include kebab, donair, döner, ντονερ, doner or donner. Döner Kebab is the origin of other similar Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes such as shawarma and gyros. A version developed to suit German tastes by Turkish immigrants in Berlin has become one of Germany's most popular fast food dishes, and Turkish emigrants export German döners back into their home country. [Wikipedia "Doner Kebab"]